Numbers 35:7

7 "All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be ¹forty-eight * cities, together with their pasture lands.

Numbers 35:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 35:7

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be
forty eight cities
Of these forty eight cities, their names, and what tribes they were in, and which of them were particularly cities of refuge, an account is given in ( Joshua 21:10-37 ) :

them shall ye give, with their suburbs;
according to the dimensions before prescribed.

Numbers 35:7 In-Context

5 "You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.

6 "The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

7 "All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands.

8 "As for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger and you shall take less from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites in proportion to his possession which he inherits."

9 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 21:41

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "them"